I just noticed that and was getting ready to start a new thread about it. I can get past the new look etc., but have real issue with the photo thing.

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A better explanation would be nice. The link should break when deleted from the accounts. Fine if they want to do that moving forward, but the photos from before the merge should go if we so desire. I won't post photos here anymore.

My photos are now gone from one post and not from another. Not understanding that since I deleted all from the same account, but maybe it will fix itself later.

Interesting. I have two photos in one post, one is now gone but the other still is there. Will check it again later.

[EDITED TO ADD: It appears that my links are now broken. Don't know whether there was just a photobucket delay or Houzz fixed something, but they're gone.]

Is that my thread that disappeared??

I think it was my thread. I can't find it anywhere. I'm really upset about not being able to delete my photos. I have been a member of both forums, but chose to post my images to GardenWeb NOT Houzz. Now Houzz owns them and will not le me remove them :(

I asked in my other thread if deactivating my account will remove all of my posts and/or pictures. I did not see a response to that question before my thread was so rudely removed by a moderator. Does any know the answer??

I think it was your thread Errant. I thought there were a few threads that addressed this though. All photos were gone from my one thread and not from another. Then some were gone from the other thread, but still not all of them. Try flagging. I did and the posts were pulled. Still doesn't answer the delete question.

I found it by going to my account and looking at threads I had started. Weird that it does not show up otherwise, though. I made a post to it hoping to bump it to the top, but that didn't seem to work.

SheeshareeII, when you flagged did it pull the entire thread? Houzz won't let me flag my own posts, and I prefer not to flag those belonging to others. Or maybe I just need to find a volunteer to flag the specific posts for me.

They were posts I started and it did pull the whole thing - which was fine with me. I selected the flag at the top and picked 'I don't like it'. A while later they were down. I'll flag for you if you want.

I will try doing that with mine. Thank you, shee!

Nope, I can't flag my own thread.

Thanks SheeshareeII, I might take you up on that if I can't figure it out pretty soon. Errant, if you would like I would be willing to flag posts for you, I think I am set up to receive messages if you want to let me know which ones.

I see I can't flag my own comments. Oaktown do you want me to flag any? I'm pretty sure I'm set up to receive emails too, but can't figure out how to send them.

Errant I just went to another post of mine, not that old, and at the top, across from the title there's a grayed out flag.

Sooo you can't flag yourself but you can edit to delete Yes?

Wait ..don't you have a delete button ?

That seems to be missing on older threads.

I tried creating a new account with a different email account so that I can flag mine, but as soon as I go to the GW side, it switches me back to my other username. I'll try using the new account on another computer.

4boys that's what I thought would work earlier, but not older posts before the merge.

SheeshareeII, thanks, I found someone who will let me use their account to flag my posts.

I looked up my 2010 post and flagged them to remove..

Errant log out of your account and sign back in with new account info

ooops, sorry I forgot ...They gave me a new name.

Shee ,looks like you have a new name too.

No, 4boys, you cannot edit or delete any of your older posts, they are stuck there for all of eternity, apparently.

I can~ in the merge they assigned me my Houzz name ..I searched forboystoo and flagged away..

Interesting, I wonder why I can't flag mine.

I'm really just wishing someone would answer my question about deactivating my account. Tamara, Emily, anyone???

Errant did you try contacting them through the 'contact us' form? Maybe they'll respond that way. I'm curious to know too.

Good idea! I will give that a try and let you know what I find out :)

Errant~ Try hover over *your Houzz

*click edit profile

*click advance settings

All the way on the bottom Deactivate Account..

I see how to deactivate, 4boys, but I want to know if doing so will delete all of my old post and/or photos.

Errant, my guess would be no, but curious as to how Houzz responds.

I sent 2 requests through the "Contact Us" form, one about editing, and one about photo links. The response on editing was: "Older posts may not be edited. New posts can be edited for a short time after posting to allow for correction of typos, etc." No response yet on the other question.

[EDITED TO ADD: Received response from Houzz Support next day on the photo question: "Are you still seeing this issue? Can you provide some links to the posts you are concerned with so we can take a look? Thanks!"]

I sent a request, but have not heard back, yet. I imagine they are inundated with questions by now and that it will take some time to get a response.

Oh, and here is the link to my original (and maybe hidden) thread: Old Thread

Sorry Errant ~

Sorry Errant, can't go anywhere with the link (must be Houzz, not you).

Still curious to know if/how/why our html codes to link photos were replaced with .jpeg files?

Wow, so they have it hidden from everyone but me? Sneaky!

I don't think we will get an answer to that, or a lot of other questions, oaktown. We've been assimilated like Borg :(

What about images we want to host on our own (PB and others)? I don't see the option or format to put the direct links into.

I believe most of my photos are gone now (haven't checked all). Thank you Houzz. I appreciate your attention to and consideration of this. Keep doing right by GW folks and we will feel more confident about continuing here.

Errant your other post still isn't showing on the main page for me.

I do believe it's been hidden from view, Shee. I'm surprised this one is still up.

Still no answer to my email.

Ut oh, now I can't find this one unless I go to my bookmarks. Maybe this post will bump it back to the top so I can get an answer :)

This one seems to be back from the dead, now.

Asking again...

Will deactivating my account remove all of my prior posts and/or photos??

I got an email back today.

"HI there,

Photos can be uploaded directly to Houzz, so while you may include links to photo bucket or other photo sites in your posts and comments, the photos can not be embedded directly.

Original posts must be edited within an hour. Comments on posts can be edited up to one week later. The reason these limits are in place is to insure consistency in the discussion that follows and to allow for minimal disruption to the other users participating in the conversation. If posts are editable forever, discussions can lose their coherency as people come back and remove their content."

I also saw on the Kitchen forum today someone mentioned a post she flagged as spam other people could still see and were commenting on. I'm interested to know how the flagging works too. - Since I flagged two of my own posts.

I did want to correct that the photos from Photobucket that weren't coming down...when I went back in last night to try some tests here I realized I didn't delete all of my pics which was why they were still showing the other day. My bad. I apologize for going on about that when it was my fault.

I noticed that the transition only moved a certain number of pictures over (for example my kitchen reveal thread had a huge number of pictures because I went back and took new pictures from the same place I was when took the old ones). I can't help but wonder if the merger will basically nuke a lot of the old kitchen reveal threads either by making copies of some of the original linked pictures hosted on PB, or because the links will just be broken.

That's a good idea about being able at least to link to an album hosted offsite where the high-res pics are available for those who are interested.

So the people on the hosta forum figured out how to post from photobucket. thread titled - trying to get a link to work?

I just uploaded a to pic to the roll call thread and it worked. I don't know if the link will break though. I deleted it to see.